Five US aircraft carriers now sail in Western Pacific
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES NAVY is currently deploying as many as five aircraft carriers and their escort ships in the Western Pacific Ocean which covers the disputed East China Sea and South China Sea in the wake of sustained tensions among Asian countries. As maritime tensions have evidently remained between China […]
Read MoreTrio of US aircraft carriers conclude drill on upper skirts of South China Sea
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a rare maritime phenomenon, a trio of the United States’ aircraft carriers have today (Feb.2) concluded a naval exercise in waters on the upper edges of the tension-ridden South China Sea. The US navy’s aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and […]
Read MoreUS aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt now sailing in Indo-Pacific region
By Thai Newsroom Reporters UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is currently sailing in the Indo-Pacific region amidst strife and standoffs in the Middle East and South China Sea, according to an informed navy source. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is leading the Carrier Strike Group 9 on naval missions whilst USS Dwight […]
Read MoreWreckage of T-28 light attack aircraft retrieved from Mekong river
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME PARTS OF THE wreckage of a US-built T-28 Trojan aircraft were inadvertently found by villagers and then retrieved by police from Mekong river in Nong Khai today (Jan.23). The remains of the North American Aviation T-28 Trojan light attack aircraft were retrieved by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal police from […]
Read MoreAnother couple of Russian-built Su-30 fighters arrive in Myanmar
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A COUPLE OF SUKHOI Su-30SM Flanker fighters have been recently delivered to Myanmar, informed sources said today (Dec.21). The latest couple of Russian-built Su-30s which arrived at Naypyidaw air force base are joining four others of the same type which had been delivered to the Myanmar air force last year. […]
Read MoreUS offers faster 4.5-generation F-16 fighter jets to Thailand
UPON postponing the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters to Thailand earlier this week US offered the faster 4.5-generation F-16 warplanes in its place, Matichon newspaper said today (May 25). AVM Praphas Sornchaidee, Thai air force spokesman, said US Ambassador Robert F. Godec stated in his talks with Air Force Chief […]
Read MoreAnother aircraft debris washes up on southern beach prompting MH370 speculation
JUST a month after a mysterious piece of aircraft debris washed up on Nakhon Si Thammarat province’s Pak Phanang beach another puzzling fragment of a large plane landed at a nearby beach raising suspicions that it could belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared with 239 people on board during a flight from Kuala […]
Read MoreThailand becomes first foreign customer of AT-6 light-attack aircraft
TEXTRON Aviation Defense has secured its first international buyer for the Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverine, with the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) to receive eight of the armed turboprops, FlightGlobal.com news site said on Sunday (Nov. 14). Thailand has signed a $143 million (approximately 4.675 billion baht) contract to acquire the type, which is on […]
Read MoreChina watching as UK’s aircraft carrier group is now ready to deploy
By Brad Lendon, CNN BRITAIN is officially an aircraft carrier power again. The Royal Navy announced on Monday (Jan. 4) that the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, centred on Britain’s largest ever warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, had achieved initial operating capability. The designation means the 65,000-ton carrier, its air assets including F-35 stealth fighter jets […]
Read MoreAs Asia’s tropical storm season arrives, grounded airplanes at risk of damage
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei: Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region’s tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of planes grounded by the coronavirus pandemic cannot be moved easily. Major airports in storm-vulnerable regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, […]
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